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605208 2007-10-25 06:08:00 Help! I have an ACER laptop here which won't boot. Booted it with Bart PE and going to the C: drive I get a 'Data Error Cyclic Redundancy check' message.

Any experiences that would be helpful? Maybe there is a utility that will restitch the CRC?
linw (53)
605209 2007-10-25 06:18:00 Try and find out the brand of the hdd .

Then download the diagnostic tools from whatever site .

That might be the easiest option .

You may have to replace the hdd .
Speedy Gonzales (78)
605210 2007-10-25 06:28:00 Pondering chkdsk in fix mode (won't run in read-only mode).

BTW, FS is FAT.
linw (53)
605211 2007-10-25 06:32:00 Go to Seagate's site / whatever the hdd is.

And get the tools etc to test it.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
605212 2007-10-25 06:35:00 Speedy, of course I don't know whether the error is hard or soft . If soft, a format will fix it . Guess it is possible to restore from the hidden OS partition . Guess I had better check this out .

There is a second partition that is OK so the drive basically functions .
linw (53)
605213 2007-10-25 08:28:00 Linw, thats why he wants you to run the diagnostic tools from your HDD's manufacturer. beeswax34 (63)
605214 2007-10-25 09:11:00 I don't know the HDD brand . Laptop BIOS's are so pathetic - the drive is not described . I can't think of any other way of finding the brand (don't want to pull the drive out!) .

chkdsk /r did nothing .

I have got BootItNG doing an image to the D: drive so maybe I can extract important files from this . BING did jib at some errors but it did continue . Here's hoping . Hope is good!!
linw (53)
605215 2007-10-25 09:15:00 It would be easier to take it out and connect it to a desktop .

As a slave or something .

And copy whatever you want off it (besides programs that have already been installed) . Then check it while its connected to a desktop for errors etc .

And if it is nearly stuffed, you'll have no choice/option but to remove / take it out .
Speedy Gonzales (78)
605216 2007-10-25 19:04:00 I don't have a 2 . 5" IDE capability on my desktop .

Latest is that I now have the BING image on my desktop drive and have extracted from it the main data (photos) except for one sub folder that was corrupted .

Next challenge, determining whether the errors are hard or soft . Then I have to replace drive and somehow restore from the hidden partition or reformat and restore from partition . I'm not feeling good already!!
linw (53)
605217 2007-10-25 19:08:00 I don't have a 2 . 5" IDE capability on my desktop .

Thats easy to fix ( . dse . co . nz/cgi-bin/dse . storefront/4720f05100304a9c273fc0a87f33067f/Product/View/XH6905" target="_blank">www . dse . co . nz)

If you have to connect the hdd to a desktop .
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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